Under the Volcano

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Against a background of war breaking out in Europe and the Mexican fiesta Day of Death, we are taken through one day in the life of Geoffrey Firmin, a British consul living in alcoholic disrepair and obscurity in a small southern Mexican town in 1939. The consul's self-destructive behaviour, perhaps a metaphor for a menaced civilization, is a source of perplexity and sadness to his nomadic, idealistic half-brother, Hugh, and his ex-wife, Yvonne, who has returned with hopes of healing Geoffrey and their broken marriage.

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Albert Finney

Geoffrey Firmin

Jacqueline Biss

Yvonne Firmin

Anthony Andrews

Hugh Firmin

Ignacio López

Dr. Vigil

Katy Jurado

Senora Gregoria

James Villiers

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